Map of Social and Environmental Innovations in Rio de Janeiro
There are several initiatives that have no specific headquarters. Therefore, they are listed below. You will find a brief description and contact information if you want to know more.
Free technical lessons in DJing in funk music , located in the Jacarepaguá neighbourhood. Creation of didactic content for the internet.
An initiative which takes literature to the favelas and organises literary events that speak in the language of those who had and are denied access to such events. They problematise the fact that literary events normally take place far away from the favelas.
This is an audio-visual collective from the Baixada Fluminense. The group is united in the desire to provoke the production / exhibition of images and amplify their social and aesthetic implications as they form part of the region’s reality and way of life.
An initiative designing a mobile application with the objective of creating a “garbage map” of the city of São Gonçalo, in the State of Rio. The user can register markers by geolocation which help draw attention to locations where there is a lack of garbage collection or open dumps.
This is an online search tool, like Google, which allocates 80% of its profits every month to reforestation projects around the world, including in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.
A guide collating the cultural practices in the favelas. ** Updated until 2014
An Initiative which develops pedagogical practices and innovative actions seeking balance between society and the environment. The Permacultural School focuses on the integration of permaculture and agroecology in the curriculum of public schools on the outskirts of the city of Rio de Janeiro.
This is an online and collaborative platform that brings together like-minded initiatives and events related to social and environmental causes in Rio de Janeiro.
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